Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

By Michael Borao, Jr.

18/05/2024

Boxingtalk's Saturday fight predictions

Here are Boxingtalk's predictions for a historic Saturday:
 
Oleksandr Usyk (21-0) vs. Tyson Fury (34-0-1) (world heavyweight championship ubification) … prediction: Usyk by decision;
 
Joe Cordina (17-0) vs. Anthony Cacace (21-1) (IBF / IBO jr. lightweight titles) … prediction: Cordina by unanimous decision;
 
Jai Opetaia (24-0) vs. Mairis Briedis (28-2) 2 (vacant IBF cruiserweight title) … prediction: Opetaia by late knockout;
 
Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1) vs. Denys Berinchyk (18-0) (vacant WBO lightweight title) … prediction: Navarrete by decision;
 
Giovani Santillan (32-0) vs. Brian Norman Jr. (25-0) (vacant WBO interim welterweight title) … prediction: Santillan by decision;
 
Agit Kabayel (24-0) vs. Frank Sanchez (24-0) (WBC heavyweight title eliminator) … prediction: Sanchez by unanimous decision;
 
Sergey Kovalev (35-4-1) vs. Robin Safar (16-0) (cruiserweights) … prediction: Safar by mid to late knockout; and
 
Richard Torrez Jr. (9-0) vs. Brandon Moore (14-0) (heavyweights) … prediction: Torrez Jr. by mid to late knockout.